In Black Hat Go, you'll learn how to write powerful and effective penetration testing tools in Go, a language revered for its speed and scalability. Start off with an introduction to Go fundamentals like data types, control structures, and error handling; then, dive into the deep end of Go’s offensive capabilities as you learn how to:

Write a simple TCP proxy to use concurrency for non-parallel tasks

Create HTTP clients to perform common web interactions

Write a custom DNS server and proxy

Sniff and process packets using the gopacket library

Create extendable tools to expand program functionality

Write your own exploits with the help of insider techniques

Black Hat Go will show you how to build powerful security tools to pen test huge networks, fast.

Author Bio

Tom Steele, Dan Kottmann, and Chris Patten share over 30 years in penetration testing and offensive security experience, and have delivered multiple Go training and development sessions.